European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday. April 7, 1989 the stars and stripes possible new service Heads called insiders from Page combative Navy sir weary John Lehman often did when he scr we under defense Secretary Caspar Weinbe ukr in the Rea Gan administration Armitage. 43, pro Abs. Known of the nominees has been Sill since 1983 for developing and military relationships with . Al lies outside of nato. Among a chef duties he has supervised he Pentagon s Security assistance pro Grams for those countries and directed policies Ron can ing us. Special opera ionian efforts. He s a Sharp Guy who knows about bureaucratic in filming a 1 in Wagon source said As Lehman did for Iho Navy although in a far less Lorn in Boston. Armitage went 1o High school in Atlanta and received his Navy commission in 1967. Me served three Vietnam hours As an adviser and after leading Active duly in 1973, worked inthe . Defense attache office in Sai gon Vietnam. He directed the withdraw Al of Natal assets from Vietnam Jusi be fore the fall of Saigon in 1975. Subsequent jobs included defense consultant aide to the . Defense representative in Iran before the fail of the Shah and assistant to sen. Robert Dole a Kan. He held several posts in the Tea can administration Iri the Early 1980s be fore taking his present position an avid weigh lifter whose shoulders Are so Broad that he must have his suns custom made he has been described As Lough to get around both literally. And Armitage is married with is children. F until now he has like dip work be Hind the scenes a source Aid it la be interesting to Sec How Vij Ribic he lets him self become if he gym Etc Secretary of the army Job of Garrett 49,-also has a Long history with an extensive Backer Ojudd in Law before becoming ii. Lawrence Carrett perfect for the Navy Navy undersecretary he was defense department general counsel in is sent Nhuc Pentagon s top lawyer for Law 3 years. A Dunne Hal Lime he argued Success fully against legislation that would have overturned a Legal precedent known As the feres doctrine which bars service members from suing the govern men t for peacetime medical malpractice tary hospitals. A former Navy officer and native of Washington . Garret was associate White House counsel from 1983 until he moved to the Pentagon in 1986. He is licensed to practice Law before the . Supreme coun and the court of to lib to get around appeals. The California supt my court and the military court of a Ptah. Arm Tajc and Rice May have defense experience but i think we d have a a up on the Oiher services simply because there would be no turnover Garrelt has been Here doing in for two Yea Snow a Navy source said. Farrell has a subdued but efficient style. He s soft spoken but he con get your attention the source said. He s Friendly and personable but not prone to Small talk. He s Well pc Rcd in acquisition procurement and budget processes which makes him perfect for the Navy in an Era of reduced defense he has come under fire from Pentagon j Winter Springs Back into action has a Hilss in Ober Ursel Weil Germany a with a Sharp drop in capt Ratut car Wobu Hinl thursday u this War. Auditors however for not cleaning ii internal abuses in Navy shipbuilding contracting. -. Garrett gets along walk who top Navy officers and likes Golf in his limited spare time Tfir source said. He is married and la two children. Rice 49i a former army officer who has been president and chief executive no Btler of the Rand corp. Since 1972, is even credit by longtime associates for turning around inc think tank which was in shambles when he took Over one source were a lot of problems the source said. Rand s relationships with the services had soured and in had a Lotof political difficulties. Don Rice put this place Back on its feel to inc Point wherein is now one of the country s most re pc Clad institutions in the area of Public policy and defense that Mission required Well honed organizational abilities which kick has in abundance the source s very Bright and can juggle a lot of different things Al once which should serve him Well in the Pentagon the source said. He likes to look at All pieces of a Puzzle before formulating a solution. He s not an impulsive decision Garrett Rice is crazy for Golf. He can seem austere on the surface Butin reality you can gel him to laugh quite easily the source is an Engineer and economist who has served As assistant director of the White House office of management and budget Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for resource analysis and director of Cost analysis under the Secretary of do fans he Hai Rilton numerous articles re ports and towers on economic policy government a Bizalion Energy sys tems arms cent two regulatory problems analytical to Chinqu and of her was bom in Frederick md., and now lives in Santa Monica calif., with his wife and three children of conf iceberg puffing on Winter coat Wellington new zealand a the world s biggest iceberg a chunk Ofick these ref Hong Kong is Drifting about. 1 v Miles a Day in Antarctica s Ross sea and has begun forming a win Ter Coal a scientist said wednesday. The iceberg codenamed "b-9," Mea sures 95 Miles in length the biggest ice Berge or reliably measured Saint Conser vation department official Harry keys _ fresh ice was forming around it with the approach of Winter in the Southern hemisphere he said. The iceberg poses no danger to ship Ping and is located about 300 Miles Nori Heau of inc , Mcmurdo research station where up to 700 people live Dur ing the Antarctic summer he said. In broke off from the Ross ice shelf is months ago and is Drifting in a Circle. Also it is moving Loo slowly to affect shipping and since h is recorded on weather charts Mariner know exactly where it in Kun said although slowly melting in could take three years before the massive slab of ice reaches the open sea and starts to disintegrate he said. Sooner or later in will gel into a cur rent and move toward the open sea keys said. It s certainly not going to go away tomorrow. We knew from the Start in would be around for a keys said the dimensions of b-9 roughly correspond to the sue of Hong Kong a British Colony off the coast of China that is inhabited by s million people
